Henry Goss, Jim Dezern Captured, July 20, 1924

Wanted Men Caught By Local Officers

Local police authorities, working in conjunction with foreign departments, have taken into custody two men who are wanted for various crimes.

Henry M. Goss, who is wanted for larceny of a gold watch in Norfolk, was captured here Saturday and will be returned to that city. Jim Dezern, alias Jim Dison, alias Jim Davis, who is wanted in Lexington, N.C., for kidnapping, was also captured Saturday.

Officer W.G. Robinson, en route from Richmond to Mooresville with Samuel Trent, who is wanted for bigamy, stopped over here Saturday night and his prisoner was placed in jail for safe-keeping.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, July 20, 1924

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